Ῥιζοῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”) +‎ -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥iz.dûːs/ → /riˈzus/ → /riˈzus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥iz.dûːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /riˈzus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /riˈzus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /riˈzus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /riˈzus/

Proper noun

Ῥῐζοῦς • (Rhizoûs) m (genitive Ῥῐζοῦντος); third declension

1. Rhizus, Magnesia, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ῥῐζοῦς; τοῦ Ῥῐζοῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῥῐζοῦς ho Rhizoûs
Genitive	τοῦ Ῥῐζοῦντος toû Rhizoûntos
Dative	τῷ Ῥῐζοῦντῐ tôi Rhizoûnti
Accusative	τὸν Ῥῐζοῦντᾰ tòn Rhizoûnta
Vocative	Ῥῐζοῦν Rhizoûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Rhizūs